Improvement in handles for whitewash-brushes



1. s. LAN DES. Handles for White-Wash Brushes; N0.l55,243 Patented Sept.22,1874.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

JOHN S. LANDES, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HANDLES FOR WHlTEWASH-BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155.243, datedSeptember 22, 1874; application filed July 9, 1874.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN S. LANDES, of thecity of Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain Improvements in Whitewash-Brush Holders, of whichthe following is a specification:

This is one of the devices to obviate the great difficulty in keepingthe brushes for whitewashing firmly on their handles without incurringthe risk of splitting the head of the brush, a source of great annoyanceand loss of time, besides the shifting, so as to adapt the brush forwhitewashin g the ceiling, as well as the walls. This device is simpleand eflicient, and deemed novel.

The accompanying drawings clearly show the construction and applicationof this holder, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder,screw-bolt, and the several parts, detached. Fig. 2 shows-itsapplication to the brush for whitewashing the walls; Fig. 3, the same,for whitewashing the ceiling, to show the shifting of the screw-bolt inthe slotted holder.

The socket A for the handle H has a perforation, a, for a screw or nailto fasten the socket to the handle. This socket has a slottedprolongation, B, the upper limb bent out at angle of, say,thirtydegrees, so as to continue the slot in the vertical and inclined portionof the holder, as shown. The head of brush G has a perforation,centrally, for a headed screwbolt, D, made square near the head d, toprevent turning. A large plate or washer, F, having a square aperture toset under the head and against the Wood to prevent wear or turning, ison the one side; the screw end of the bolt is passed through the slottedholder B, and secured by a thumb-screw, c, and washer E, firmly to thewhitewash'brush, in the desired position, as shown by Figs. 2 and 3; andthe brush is readily changed by simply loosening the thumb-screw, andsliding the holder up or down, as the case may be, to bring the boltinto the vertical or inclined portion of the slot 1) in the holder B.

t I am aware that various devices are in use,

but I am not aware that any substantially constructed and operated likethe one shown and described was ever before known or used.

The socket, with its slotted bent prolongation, is a single castingofmalleable iron, comes very cheap, simple in application, and ofgreatest utility.

What I claim as a new casting for the trade as my improvedwhitewash-holder, is-

The socket A, having a slotted flat head, B, with its upper portion bentout, in combination with a headed screw-bolt, D, plate F, washer E, andthumb-screw c, all constructed and operated substantially in the mannerand for the purpose set forth.

JOHN S. LANDES.

Witnesses:

W. B. WILEY, J AOOB STAUFFER.

